254 Srimad-Bhagavatam [Canto 9, Ch. 8

sattva-guna, rajo-guna and tamo-guna, they can see only the ac-
tions and reactions of these three modes of material nature. Be-
cause of the actions and reactions of the mode of ignorance,
whether the living entities are awake or sleeping, they can see only
the workings of material nature; they cannot see Your Lordship.

PURPORT

Unless one is situated in the transcendental loving service of the Lord,
one is unable to understand the Supreme Personality of Godhead. The
Lord is situated in everyone’s heart. However, because the conditioned
souls are influenced by material nature, they can see only the actions and
reactions of material nature, but not the Supreme Personality of God-
head. One therefore must purify himself internally and externally:

apavitrah pavitro va
sarvavastham gato ‘pi vd

yah smaret pundarikaksam
sa bahyabhyantarah sucih

To keep ourselves externally clean we should bathe three times daily,
and for internal cleanliness we must cleanse the heart by chanting the
Hare Krsna mantra. The members of the Krsna consciousness movement
must always follow this principle (bahyabhyantarah sucih). Then it will
one day be possible to see the Supreme Personality of Godhead face to
face.

TEXT 23
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tam tvam aham jriana-ghanam svabhava-
pradhvasta-mayd-guna-bheda-mohaih

sanandanddyair munibhir vibhavyam
katham vimidhah paribhavayami
